Marine Plaza Miyajima

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Marine Plaza Miyajima
Marine Plaza Miyajima
entrance of the aquarium
Date opened	1959
Location	10-3 Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Number of Animals	13,000
Number of Species	350
Accreditations/ Memberships	JAZA
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Marine Plaza Miyajima is an aquarium in Miyajima.

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Hours 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Overview

There are about 350 variety of aquatic animals include Finless Porpoises, Sea Otters, Steller Sea Lions, Sea Lions and Penguins.

[edit] Hours

• From 1st of January to 25th of December
• From 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

[edit] History

• Opened as a prefectural aquarium in 1959.
• Transferred to Miyajima, Hiroshima as a town aquarium in 1967.
• Reconstructed the buildings in 1981.
• Began to keep Sea Otters in 1985.
• Transferred to Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima as a city aquarium in 2005.
• Planned the renewal in 2011.

[edit] See also

• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• Miyajima (Itsukushima)

[edit] External links

• Marine Plaza Miyajima
• Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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